In 1940, Joseph Allcroft, retired, was the householder at 1556 Adanac Street.
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- 1
- person the 1940 directory lists here
- Still standing
- on the Heritage Register, category B
- 1910
- the year built, by the City's record
In 1940
The household
- Joseph Allcroftretired · householderp. 9
Adanac Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.
1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory
Streets
ADANAC
Names
The house today
1556 Adanac Street still has a building from before 1946, on the City's heritage register (category B), the only one left on the 1500 block of Adanac Street; its permit dates from 1906 and the City's record from 1910, so it is very likely the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws on the lot (inferred). A permit to build a frame house (the register's number: “ or 1556”) was taken out in October 1906 by Mrs R Marshall: $1,400. (inferred) (the register's number for it is uncertain, but the lot it gives is this address's lot today)
Since 1940
- 1965A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
- 1970A major renovation, by BC Assessment's record.
From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.
The 1500 block in 1940
Adanac Street between McLean and Woodland Drives, Grandview-Woodland: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.
Adanac Street, the 1500 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today
*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)
North side, odd numbers
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1556 Adanac Street, Grandview-Woodland, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1910 as the year built, and it is on the Vancouver Heritage Register.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/1556-adanac, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.
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Sources
The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.